New lodgings for homeless man’s dog

Chico gets a pat on the head from Cape Breton SPCA employee Melissa Dawe. The dog has been under the care of the shelter since his owner, Shawn Kurtis Jack, was beaten on July 14, but has recently been moved to the Halifax area. (ERIN POTTIE / Cape Breton Bureau)

NORTH SYDNEY — The Cape Breton SPCA has found a new home for a dog whose owner was found badly beaten behind a North Sydney grocery store.

Chico, a black and white pitbull mix, will be sent to a doggy daycare in Porters Lake near Halifax to be closer to his owner, Shawn Kurtis Jack.

Staff at the Atlantic Superstore on King Street say they found Jack bloodied and bruised in their back parking lot on July 14.

Community residents say Jack had been quietly living in the woods behind the store for the last few summers.

Police have since charged six people in relation to the attack, including two North Sydney-area men who face attempted murder charges.